Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1209258
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/09167/17
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1209258
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Niton and Whitwell
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 50521 76771
Details
NITON AND WHITWELL
SZ5076 CHURCH STREET, Niton
1353-0/8/241 CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
18/01/67
GV II*
Parish church. Nave C11, chancel C13 lengthened in C14 when
south porch was also built. C15 south chapel, south aisle and
tower spire added in C17. North aisle rebuilt in 1864 on the
site of C13 north aisle which had been demolished in the C15.
Cornewall Jones architect. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble
with ashlar dressings and tiled roof. Nave and chancel in one,
aisles, south porch and west tower. West tower in 3 stages
with angle buttresses. Moulded band to plinth and between
lower and middle stages. South turret. Crenellated parapet.
Ribbed 8 sided stone spire with iron weathercock. West door
arched with heavy hood mould. North aisle of 1864 has 3 lancet
windows. South aisle has 3 C15 paired cinquefoil-headed
windows with drip moulding. Buttresses. South porch is gabled
with cross-shaped saddlestone. Arch with dying mouldings.
Chancel has east window with triple trefoil headed light
ribbed on the inside. Vestry by chancel C19 with triple
cinquefoil light window with reset grotesque mask above.
Interior: 3 bay nave with plain round headed arches with
circular columns to south and 1 circular column and 1
chamfered square column to north. Norman font of cauldron
shape with rope moulding at the top. Coat of arms of George
III. C13 chancel arch with chamfered corners. Squint.
Bowl-shaped piscina. South chapel has piscina and 4 wall
monuments, the best being a medallion by Flaxman to George
Arnold Esq. d.1806. Roofs boarded over in nave and aisles,
probably C19, and C19 chancel roof canted in 8 cants with
elaborate floriate bosses. C19 pews and pulpit. Fine C17 chair
carved with oak emblems and another with swansneck top.
(Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 754).
Listing NGR: SZ5052176771
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 392812
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 754
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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